Determining the extent of geographic
markets for fed cattle is important for monitoring
performance of the industry. The ability
of packing plants to influence prices is
determined in part by their ability to segment
the ...

In October, 1995, 3,565 head of freshly
weaned, British-breed calves were received into
a weaning facility in southwest Nebraska.
Calves were determined to be preconditioned if
they had received both viral an d ...

Determining the value of silage saved by
effectively sealing a horizontal silo requires only
a few simple calculations, but it is still a concept
that is often overlooked by many livestock
producers who store large ...

Two silage bacterial inoculants from Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc. were evaluated
using second-cutting alfalfa. The Pioneer brand
1174® inoculant and a Pioneer experimental
inoculant each increased the rate and ...

A commercial heifer development operation
purchased 483 weanling Angus × Hereford
heifers from 11 sources. Heifers were fed a
common silage-based diet through an initial
developmental period and retained or culled
based ...

One hundred thirty two Hereford × Angus
cows grazing tallgrass-prairie range during
winter were used to evaluate the effects of
varying the amount of supplemental degradable
intake protein (DIP) derived from urea on ...

Two experiments were conducted to
determine the effect of vitamin E, selenium, and
copper supplementation on the pre- and
postweaning performance, immune responses,
and serum metabolites o f crossbred beef calves.
In ...

Sixteen ruminally fistulated steers were used
to evaluate the effects of altering supplementation frequency and including urea in
dry supplements on forage intake and digestion.
Intake of low-quality tallgrass-prairie ...

We evaluated the potential of several
commercially available proteases for use in
predicting the undegradable intake protein
(UIP) concentrations o f alfalfa and prairie hay.
Protease s differed in their estimates o f ...

In April, 1996, 1501 yearling crossbred
heifers located on seven different ranches were
estrus-synchronized and artificially inseminated
(AI) 12 hours after they were detected in estrus.
Herd size ranged from 82 to 43 ...

Thirteen ruminally fistulated steers were
used to determine the effect of carbohydrate
(CHO) source and degradable intake protein
(DIP) on intake and digestion of tallgrass-prairie
hay. In general, DIP supplementation
had ...

Forage protein characteristics in four
grasses were evaluated by the nylon bag
method. All of the forages used (Bermudagrass
hay, brome hay, forage sorghum hay, and
prairie hay) were of relatively low quality,
except ...

A study was conducted to determine the
effect of precalving supplementation with
vitamin E and fat on the reproductive performance
of first lactation cows and the health of
their calves. Approximately 50 days before ...